Patents by Inventor Melany Ann Richmond

Melany Ann Richmond has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dynamically Reconfigurable Analog Routing and Multiplexing Architecture on a System on a Chip
    Publication number: 20170286344
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a reconfigurable analog signal switching fabric comprising a plurality of global buses that are selectively connected to external pins by pin connection circuits in response to changeable analog routing data, and a plurality of local buses that are selectively connected to analog blocks and/or global buses by routing connection circuits in response to the analog routing data; and at least one processor circuit that executes predetermined operations in response to instruction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Bert S. Sullam, Harold M. Kutz, Timothy John Williams, James H. Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Melany Ann Richmond, Nathan Wayne Kohagen, Mark E. Hastings, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Warren S. Snyder
  • Dynamically reconfigurable analog routing circuits and methods for system on a chip
    Patent number: 9612987
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a reconfigurable analog signal switching fabric comprising a plurality of global buses that are selectively connected to external pins by pin connection circuits in response to changeable analog routing data, and a plurality of local buses that are selectively connected to analog blocks and/or global buses by routing connection circuits in response to the analog routing data; and at least one processor circuit that executes predetermined operations in response to instruction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Harold Kutz, Timothy Williams, James Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Melany Ann Richmond, Nathan Kohagen, Mark Hastings, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Warren Snyder
  • DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE ANALOG ROUTING CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR SYSTEM ON A CHIP
    Publication number: 20110026519
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a reconfigurable analog signal switching fabric comprising a plurality of global buses that are selectively connected to external pins by pin connection circuits in response to changeable analog routing data, and a plurality of local buses that are selectively connected to analog blocks and/or global buses by routing connection circuits in response to the analog routing data; and at least one processor circuit that executes predetermined operations in response to instruction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Harold Kutz, Timothy Williams, James Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Melany Ann Richmond, Nathan Kohagen, Mark Hastings, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Warren Snyder
  • Clock controller with clock source fail-safe logic
    Patent number: 7296170
    Abstract: A microcontroller integrated circuit with a clock controller and a processor automatically switches the source of the clock signal that clocks the processor from a failed fast external precision oscillator to a slow internal backup oscillator, then enables a fast internal precision oscillator, and finally switches to the fast internal precision oscillator. A failure detection circuit within the clock controller detects a failure of the external precision oscillator and sends an associated interrupt signal to the processor. The clock controller decouples the external oscillator from the processor and couples the backup oscillator to the processor. The microcontroller integrated circuit then enables the fast internal precision oscillator, decouples the backup oscillator, and couples the fast internal precision oscillator to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Zilog, Inc.
    Inventors: Melany Ann Richmond, Robert Walter Metzler, Jr.